Are we consumers or are we citizens? Clearly most of us are both. In a capitalist economy people get much of what they need through competitive markets. Yet we also live within a society and have reasonable…

ACCC Chair Rod Sims could soon see some of the regulator’s powers taken away.
Alan Porritt/AAP
7 octobre 2014

Both the Harper competition policy review, and the more recent Vertigan NBN market and regulatory review have widespread implications for economic regulation. The reports are different in scope and their…

House of Cards and geographical segmentation tend to get people a little hot under the collar.
Foxtel
26 septembre 2014

It’s been an interesting month in Australian copyright law. A couple of weeks ago, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that the government’s proposed reforms to strengthen copyright were…

A little competition would do universities some good.
Flickr/Michael Matti
24 septembre 2014

Higher education has barely been touched so far by national competition policy. It was almost invisible in the original Hilmer Report of the mid-1990s, but features in the draft Competition Policy Review…

When big business misuses its market power, proving it can prove a challenge.
Riccardo Cuppini/Flickr
22 septembre 2014

Restrictions on retail trading hours, taxis, pharmacies and parallel imports should be lifted according to a far-reaching draft report by the Competition Policy Review. Professor Ian Harper’s new report…

With more private sector involvement in aged care, health and education, competitive neutrality will become more important than ever.
Julian Smith/AAP
14 juillet 2014

A month after receiving the first round of submissions, the Harper review of competition policy is knuckling down to work. With around 300 submissions received to date, the range of issues raised is diverse…